Digital Painting for 2D Illustration
Colour Key Development 2
A course by Matt Sanz , Visual Development Artist
About the video: Colour Key Development 2
Overview
“Let's finish off the lesson on how to properly add colour to the thumbnail.”
In this video lesson Matt Sanz addresses the topic: Colour Key Development 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Painting for 2D Illustration. Learn how to create conceptual story-driven illustrations for video games and animation.
Partial transcription of the video
“I'm keeping with the blue here, keeping the melancholy theme. I think it's appropriate color for the thumbnail. I'm trying to add a lot of warmth, I want to keep the background blue and cold as much as I can. and then keep the warmth of the moment in the focal point of the two characters. I don't want to keep the same color every time, and it really does depend on the color of the light that's coming from the monitor of the robot. dictate what colour it actually comes out as but I want to try and get some greens in there some transitions because it's quite difficult to transition your color...”
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Course summary for: Digital Painting for 2D Illustration
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Traditional illustration

Matt Sanz
A course by Matt Sanz
Matt Sanz is a visual development artist specializing in video games and animation. Based in the UK, his freelance work as a 2D artist and creative director has led him to develop unique visual concepts for a wide range of clients, including BOB, Friday Sundae, IGG, Amazon Games, and more.
Matt graduated with a degree in Game Design and accepted a position as Lead Concept Artist for a studio in China shortly after, opening up a wide range of international opportunities. You can find Matt’s work online and at Artstation.
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